The U.S. Department of Education says New York’s ban on Native American mascots violates federal civil rights law.

New York’s ban on Native American mascots violates federal civil rights law, according to the Department of Education. But state education officials rejected their findings as legally flawed and ...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon says her agency found that New York’s ban on tribal themed mascots in public schools ...

Massapequa residents are hosting a “Save the Chief” festival fund-raiser on Saturday, June 7, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the ...

Trooper Nathan Branosky, spokesman for the Troop M barracks, said authorities recovered the body around 12:30 p.m. May 25 in ...

MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — New York is discriminating against a school district that refuses to get rid of its Native American ...

But the schools, which operated for roughly 150 years, had a devastating impact on Native American communities. Staff at the schools worked to strip Native children of their traditions and heritage.

Kathy Hochul formally apologized Tuesday for the “atrocities” she says were committed at an upstate boarding school where Native American youths were forcibly separated from their families and ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a formal apology Tuesday for the state’s role in a boarding school that separated Native American students from their families with the goal of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. New York’s governor has formally apologized for ...